This shows the extreme end of Gastineau Channel. Every evening in the summer, the sun sets behind the hills in the distance, and then it paints a picture which no artist could reproduce. Imagine these hills a dark purple color, and the clouds overhead, a bright red casting the reflection on the water and turning it all to gold, then you have an Alaska sunset.

The residence of Superintendent MacDonald. The small house is the residence of the Assistant Superintendent.

The Steamer City of Topeka loading concentrates, at the Treadwell Wharf, for shipment to the smelter and Tacoma. The four miners here produce every month about two hundred thousand dollars in sulphurets. These must be shipped to the smelter for treatment.

The Seven Hundred Mill and hoist.This is the property of the Alaska United Gold Mining Co. and similar to the Mexican is managed by the Treadwell officials.

Ships in the course of repair at Treadwell. On account of its rocky shores navigation in Alaska is very dangerous, it is no uncommon thing, for three or four to be wrecked in this vicinity every winter. The beach here is sandy, and is an excellent place for disabled ships to be repaired. This picture shows the Cutch, the Aloha and The City of Topeka.

The hospital at Douglas. Each man employed by the company is assessed one and one half dollars to maintain the hospital and physician. When sick or injured, this insures them treatment. The hospital is in charge of The Sisters of Saint Anne.

This is the 240 Stamp Mill. It was the first staffs mill erected on Douglas Island and is one of the oldest in Alaska. It is operated by water power in the summer, but in winter the water supply often runs short then steam power is used.

The 300 Stamp Mill, the largest in the world. Beyond is the Bears Nest Mill; this mill has never been in operation. It was built for the purpose of selling the mine, which had been salted, the mine was sold for a fabulous sum, but the new owners soon discovered the swindle and abandoned the property.

The battery floor at the 300 Mill. The rock is fed automatically from behind the stamps, the stamps are the 5 perpendicular stem, between each set of timbers, each stamp weighs about one thousand pounds. When the rock is crushed as fine as sand it passes through a screen, onto the plates in front of the batteries, these plates are covered with mercury, which catches all of the free gold.

The Vanner Room of the 300 Mill. These vanners are circular rubber belts which are constantly revolving and vibrating. Some of the rock in the mine carries valves which is not free gold, but a combination of sulphide of iron and gold, this will not adhere to the plates, seen in the preceding picture, so it passes on to the vanners, where it is separated from the sand.